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RODIN, Auguste (after)(1840 Paris - 1917 Meudon)
The Thinker
Bronze black patinated, diabase plinth. Inscribed, inscribed on the plinth front, foundry mark Ara art with count "267". H 36 / 39 cm.
Cast after the famous figure Rodin conceived as the central figure above the "Gates of Hell" and later showed as a monumental version in 1904 at the World's Fair of St. Louis.
Pupil of the later Ecole d'art décor under Lecoq de Boisbaudran, then in the studio of Barye and Carrier-Belleuse. Assistant to the sculptor Rasbourg in Brussels, also worked for the porcelain manufactory Sèvres. "R. is, along with Medardo Rosso, the main representative of Impressionism in sculpture.".
Literature : Thieme/Becker.
Limit 150 €
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